Hitachi Vantara’s ongoing hybrid cloud collaboration with Microsoft features the Hitachi Unified Compute Platform (UCP) for Azure Stack HCI. The collaboration aims to increase business agility and deliver enhanced cloud management across multiple environments, including data centers, branch offices and edge computing.
The new joint solution combines the power of Azure cloud services with the scalability and flexibility benefits offered by the Hitachi Vantara UCP cloud infrastructure. As a result, the two tech giants promise that customers can run workloads consistently and seamlessly within on-premises data centers, cloud environments or edge locations while leveraging the flexibility to scale capacity up or down based on business needs.
Additionally, the collaboration leverages intelligent automation, advanced analytics, and offers a single-pane-of-glass view to increase data visibility and make management of hybrid cloud infrastructure easier.
“Our customers have enormous volumes of distributed data at the edge, core, and cloud, requiring easy and resilient access to analyze in real-time to make informed decisions,” said Dan McConnell, senior vice president, Product Management for Storage, Hitachi Vantara. “Through our collaboration with Microsoft, and our end-to-end engineered systems approach, we help optimize the cloud architecture of our customers to better harness their data, lower operating costs and improve application and user experiences.”
The collaboration includes the following components:
- Unified Compute Platform. UCP HA810/HA820 G2 validated nodes for Azure Stack HCI offer a high-performance, reliable storage foundation for organizations seeking to upgrade their on-premises infrastructure. Built on industry-leading hardware, Hitachi advanced servers promise robust compute power and storage capacity tailored to the needs of modern workloads.
- Azure Stack HCI. As Microsoft’s hyper-converged infrastructure solution, Azure Stack HCI lets businesses run virtualized applications on-premises while seamlessly integrating with Azure for cloud services. This hybrid cloud platform promises simplified management and deployment, ensuring data security and compliance across diverse environments.
- Azure Arc. The Azure Arc extends Azure’s management capabilities to resources running on-premises, at the edge, or in multi-cloud environments. With Azure Arc, businesses can monitor, manage, and apply consistent policies across their entire hybrid infrastructure. This promises reduced operational complexity and a unified governance model.
Another big potential benefit: Customers in vertical industries such as manufacturing, financial, retail, telecommunications, health care, media, and entertainment can take advantage of Hitachi Vantara’s deep domain experience to meet industry-specific business needs and compliance requirements. Hitachi Vantara also has a leading supply chain and installation services worldwide to deliver a robust and comprehensive Azure hybrid cloud experience.
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